Obama threat: Huntsville man gets 4 months for claiming he would kill president

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Huntsville man has been sentenced
to four months in prison for e-mailing the White House with a false
claim that an individual had threatened to kill President Obama.

Charles Thurman was charged with making a false statement to law enforcement and pleaded guilty to the crime in April.

U.S.
District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn fined the 54-year-old $1,000
and ordered him to be placed on three years of probation after his
prison term.

He faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Each
e-mail was sent from a different e-mail address, but contained the same
information. The person identified in the e-mails as having made the
threats was a process server who had tried to serve a summons on
Thurman.